You’ve made it!! If you can spare <2 minutes for these last two Articles, you’ll have read the entire U.S. Constitution in eight sittings. These last Articles are the “housekeeping” articles with definitions and language cleanup.
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Reading tips:
- When you see hyperlinks, it means that section has been amended, or we provided a resource for additional explanation.
- The spelling, capitalizations, and punctuation are NOT ours – this is original text!
Digging Deeper:
- Article 6: https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-6/
- Article 7: https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-7/
Article. VI.
All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation.
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.
The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.
Article. VII.
The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.
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Attest William Jackson Secretary
done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independance of the United States of America the Twelfth In witness whereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names…
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